Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said that oil had ceased to be the main income of the extremist group ISIS. During a press briefing, he said the "leading source" of revenue has changed. Although the Pentagon has not yet fully figured out what replaced oil, replenishment...
The Japanese government is asking parliament to change the constitution to allow the use of self-defense forces to protect Japanese citizens abroad from terrorists. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the brutal killing of Japanese citizens by Islamic State militants will not go unpunished. Tokyo may join operations...
About 550 women from Western European countries joined the ranks of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, a study shows. The authors of the report, prepared by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, question why some women are willing to give up everything and risk their lives in order to...
The term of the ransom in the amount of 200 million dollars, assigned by terrorists of the "Islamic State" (IS) for two citizens of Japan, has expired. There was no new information about the fate of the hostages. Earlier on Friday January 23rd, the mother of Kenji Goto - one of the detained Japanese - turned to ...
The Islamic State released a new video in which it threatened to kill two hostages from Japan if they were not paid $ 200 million within 72 hours. This is the amount that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised to allocate to countries fighting against ISIS as non-military ...
Fighting in Iraq, Canadian special forces entered the battle with the militants of the "Islamic State". According to the commander of the Canadian contingent, the Canadians were fired upon for the first time and returned fire. As the commander of the special forces, Brigadier General Michael said on Monday, January 19 ...
The Islamic State released a video of a child executing two men who, according to the tape, are Russian spies who tried to infiltrate the militant group in Syria. The authenticity of the video found by the SITE monitoring service has not yet been confirmed. The video is titled “Revealing Internal ...
In a new Islamic State propaganda video, a British hostage describes life in the Islamic city of Mosul as “ordinary”. John Cantley, held by IS fighters, says in an eight-minute video posted on jihadist websites that "everything is as usual in Mosul." Cantley says that residents of the second largest ...
The independent media project Syria Deeply disseminated information provided by a journalist named Amer, who attended a meeting between Islamic State officials and several local media workers who remained in the jihadist-held Syrian city of Deir al-Zor. The authenticity of this information has not yet been confirmed. ...